Timeline Chronology
In 1999 Starholder is an exact copy of our world, but that will change. It will drift from ours, slowly at first, but picking up speed until our two worlds diverge wildly. Each one pursuing their own destinies as they confront an accelerating networked future on the brink of ecological collapse.
The stories and events of the Starholder timeline are presented below in chronological order.
The End of History (1999 - 2016)
The timeline begins with the founding of the Starholder Institute in 1999. Early stories are focused in California, where the divergence begins, and expand outwards to include the larger world. The period ends with the first major break between base reality and Starholder when in 2016 Ron Zirpowski, The Zero Interest Rate President is elected instead of Donald Trump.
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Networked Life Intensifies (2017 - 2033)
A hivemind begins to emerge as all the networks experience major upgrades and then converge into a fully interoperable protocol. Within this soup, the long awaited promise of AI comes to pass, opening humanity's eyes to the possibility of world that exceeds them. We stand on the cusp of transformation, a divided, attention-starved mess of competing interests quite unfit for any notions of a singularity.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
The Great Disruption (2034 - 2049)
As AI and automation takes a firm grip on the physical world, we are all carried along for the ride whether we like it or not. Humanity is forced to grapple with the great questions as we find ourselves spending more and more time in the world of the machines, a world of our own creation.
2034
2035
2036
2037
2038
2039
2040
2041
2042
2043
2044
2045
2046
2047
2048
2049
Headlong into the Hyperreal (2050 - 2069)
As we experience an explosion of worlds, pocket realities and simulations, the nature of reality itself takes on new meaning, calling into question our own identity or rather identities.
2050
2051
2052
2053
2054
2055
2056
2057
2058
2059
2060
2061
2062
2063
2064
2065
2066
2067
2068
2069
The Second Moon Event (2070 - 2079)
World governments sound the alarm over the sudden presence of a massive alien object dubbed the Second Moon, but is anyone buying it? The effects of hyperreality become apparent as citizens consider it a desperate psyop to regain control over a population now spending all their time in a multitude of alternate realities.
2070
2071
2072
2073
2074
2075
2076
2077
2078
2079
The Impending Collapse (2080 - 2099)
The final era in Starholder grapples with its own pending disintegration.
2080
2081
2082
2083
2084
2085
2086
2087
2088
2089
2090
2091
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